Mrs. Meng was in the main courtyard playing with her two little grandsons when she heard what Mrs. Gui said, and it made her think of her eldest son who died young.
Back then, after her eldest son died, she was heartbroken beyond measure. And since she hadn't gotten pregnant again for a whole year, that bastard Wan Yang took the chance to bring in a concubine. Luckily, with God's blessing, she got pregnant earlier than Aunt Hong and gave birth to Old Er and Old San, otherwise her status might not have been secure!
Because of this, Mrs. Meng came to hate all children born of concubines, and she came to hate the village chief even more. That old geezer had a roving eye—his son had been dead barely a year before he started thinking about taking a concubine. Serves him right that Old Si and Old Five both died young!
Uncle Mu Tong hurriedly explained the matter of hereditary allergy to Mrs. Meng from beginning to end.
